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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05530000       WELLER CREEK AT DES PLAINES, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 42°02'58", long 87°55'05", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.18, T.41 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 58 (Golf Road) in Des Plaines, 2 mi west of U.S. Highway 45, and at mile 3.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13.2 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1950 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.


REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1915: 1957-60. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 634.02 ft above sea level (Cook County Highway Department bench mark). Prior to Sept. 9, 1968, at site 90 ft downstream and at datum 1.00 ft higher. Sept. 9, 1968, to Sept. 10, 1970, at present site at datum 1.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.-- Prior to Nov. 15, 1958, effluent from Arlington Heights sewage-treatment plant entered Weller Creek above station.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those greater than 100 ft3/s, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
11.3  .43.18.59e.912.4  .364.5  9.61.6  9.73.4  
21.2  .38.14.66e.921.9  .293.2  16   20     11   3.6  
339     .362.0  3.0  e.941.8  .282.9  3.1108     4.64.0  
49.7  .4322     e3.6  e.971.6  .262.3  3.85.8  3.14.7  
5.94.40133     1.8  e.981.4  .241.3  44   6.2  7.15.2  
 
6.62.4414     .70e1.0  1.2  .181.0  5.93.8  5.85.3  
7.45.483.9  .98e1.0  1.0  13     1.1  3.81.2  6.55.9  
8.37.751.4  .58e1.1  1.1  15     4.3  2.7.852.310     
9.42.18.989.7  e1.4  .913.1  44     1.7.941.57.7  
10.35.16.8911     e2.3  .711.4  5.9  1.572     2.58.2  
 
11.39.20.813.7  e2.8  .611.6  11     23   5.0  5.872     
12.38.31.821.3  e2.7  .62.822.6  12   3.0  3.179     
13.45.31.691.0  e2.3  .63.491.1  2.96.4  1.43.8  
14.55.29.73e.86e2.2  .64.37.623.21.6  1.313     
15.40.26e1.4  e.824.2  3.3  .48.572.52.2  1.4.71
 
16.51.29e1.4  e.795.5  3.3  19     4.2  1.71.2  1.1.20
17.38.30e1.0  .775.0  1.0  58     1.8  1.4.5732   .20
18.31.20e.68.873.9  .737.5  36     1.4.595.4.16
19.28.12e.631.4  21     1.0  83     16     2.42.0  5.2.21
20.29.13e.72e1.2  25     18     250     3.1  11   2.1  1.87.4  
 
21.21.151.1  e1.1  37     2.9  164     2.0  5.12.7  1.52.9  
22.25.18e1.2  e1.0  70     1.4  28     1.7  2.02.9  1.554     
23.211.6  e1.0  e.9731     1.1  22     1.5  1.82.5  1.565     
24.22.12e1.2  e.9438     2.0  11     1.2  45   3.3  4.117     
25.26.14e1.9  e.9017     1.3  7.0  .2615   3.6  3.24.5  
 
26.22.14e2.7  e.887.9  .996.0  .842.92.1  14   2.0  
27.30.13e1.4  e.844.9  2.3  5.6  5.0  1.82.6  3.91.0  
28.29.14e2.3  e.803.2  .983.0  16     1.618     2.2.80
29.19.16e3.0  e.822.3  .834.0  4.2  2.04.8  3.1.75
30.26.224.7  e.96---     .512.8  2.6  1.15.1  3.7.53
 
31.37---     .91e.93---     .39---     18     ---   65     3.9---     

TOTAL61.079.40208.7855.46297.4258.55708.77200.79231.9357.65155.2383.16
MEAN1.97.316.731.7910.31.8923.66.487.7311.55.0112.8
MAX391.613311701825044451083279
MIN.19.12.14.58.91.39.18.261.1.571.1.16
CFSM.15.02.51.14.78.141.79.49.59.87.38.97
IN..17.03.59.16.84.172.00.57.651.01.441.08

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1951 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN6.877.936.876.849.0314.519.412.412.38.9810.38.17
MAX35.646.434.343.238.210754.164.054.138.469.955.7
(WY)195519861983197419971979197519741972195719871972
MIN.13.31.077.077.19.722.241.44.902.41.32.60
(WY)196319631964195919721968198919821982199819731966

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1951 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL3669.522728.15
ANNUAL MEAN10.1  7.4510.3      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN23.4      1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN3.07    1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN318         Apr 23250         Apr 201120         Aug 14 1987
LOWEST DAILY MEAN.12    Nov 19,24.12    Nov 19,24.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM.15    Nov 24.15    Nov 24.00    Nov 4 1958
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW531         Apr 201590         Jun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE5.12    Apr 2015.09 BJun 10 1967
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW.00    C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).76.56.78    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)10.347.6910.60    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS21     16     21         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS1.5  1.6  2.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS.30.29.26    
A - At times in most years.
B - Present datum.
C - Several days.


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